Boeing’s (BA) quarter earnings fell short of market estimates reporting a loss of $7.69 per share as revenue fell 3% to $14.79 billion. The loss was largely due to the company taking a $3.5 billion pre-tax non-cash charge on its 787 Dreamliner program, and a halt in deliveries amid discussions with regulators which is taking longer than expected. Boeing sees abnormal costs related to the 787 increasing to $2 billion, up from an estimate of $1 billion in Q3, with most of the cost incurred by the end of 2023.
Commercial revenue increased to $4.8 billion, helped by rising 737 deliveries but due to the 787 delays, it is below the $5.58 billion estimate. The aerospace giant recorded 79 orders in the fourth quarter, for a total of 479 net orders on the year, delivering 99 commercial jets in the fourth quarter.
Free cash flow turned positive to $494 million from negative $4.27 billion in the year-ago quarter, however, the total company backlog was $377 billion at the end of the quarter. On the defense and space side, revenue dropped 14% to $5.86 billion.
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